Ute_Mountain_(New_Mexico)

Ute Mountain (New Mexico)

Ute Mountain (New Mexico)

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Ute Mountain is a 10,093-foot elevation (3,076 m) summit located in Taos County, New Mexico, United States.

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Description

Ute Mountain is part of the Taos Mountains which are a subset of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.[3] The isolated landmark is the highest point of the Cerro del Yuta Wilderness and Rio Grande del Norte National Monument which is administered by the Bureau of Land Management.[4] The remote mountain is situated 35 miles north of the town of Taos and four miles south of the New Mexico–Colorado border. Ute Mountain is a free-standing, dacitic, extinct Pliocene volcanic cone set within the Taos Plateau volcanic field.[8] Ute Mountain has a base diameter of five miles and topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,500 feet (760 meters) above the surrounding sagebrush-covered basalt plains.[2] The slopes of the mountain are covered with stands of pinyon pine, ponderosa pine, aspen and Douglas fir.[9] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains to the Rio Grande which flows through a gorge along the western base of the mountain.

Etymology

The mountain is also known in Spanish as "Cerro del Yuta" (Mountain of the Ute).[10] The origin of the word Ute is unknown; it is first attested as Yuta in Spanish documents. The mountain is named after the Ute people whose self-designation is Núuchi-u, meaning 'the people'.[11] The state of Utah is also named after the Ute people. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names,[5] and has appeared in publications since at least 1875.[12]

  • Ute Mountain and Rio Grande
  • Northeast aspect from Jaroso, Colorado
  • East aspect from Costilla, New Mexico

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References

  1. [1]
    United States Geological Survey topographical map - Ute Mountain
  2. [2]
    Robert Julyan (2006), The Mountains of New Mexico, University of New Mexico Press, ISBN 9780826335166, p. 66
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    "Ute Mountain, New Mexico". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
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    "Ute Mountain - 10,093' NM". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
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    "Ute Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  6. [6]
    Robert Julyan (1996), The Place Names of New Mexico, University of New Mexico Press, ISBN 9780826351142, p. 367
  7. [7]
    Matthew L. Morgan, Stephen M. Keller, (2016), Unfolding the Geology of the West, Geological Society of America, p. 312
  8. [8]
    Lawrence H. Tanner, Sonia Calvari (2012), Volcanoes: Windows on the Earth, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, ISBN 9780615663500, p. 161
  9. [9]
    Mark D. Williams, Amy Becker Williams (2018), 50 Things to See and Do in Northern New Mexico's Enchanted Circle, West Margin Press, ISBN 9781513261287
  10. [10]
    Federal Register, Volume 78, Issue 60, (2013), p. 18784
  11. [11]
    Givón, Talmy (January 1, 2011). Ute Reference Grammar. John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 1–3. ISBN 978-90-272-0284-0.
  12. [12]
    George M. Wheeler (1875), Annual Report Upon the Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian, Washington: Government Printing Office, p. 100
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